Employment in agriculture (modelled ILO estimate) in Asia

48 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: % of employment. World ranking →

First in the ranking
68.6 %
Laos
Median country
21.1 %
half above, half below
World
25.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.1 to 68.6
Singapore - Laos

How to read it

Across 48 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Laos (68.6 %) and the lowest in Singapore (0.1 %).

The median country is at 21.1 %: half are above, half below.

Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B…

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Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external… · via World Bank WDI (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS) · licence

Jobs in agriculture over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Laos68.6
2North Korea54.1
3Afghanistan51.6
4Timor-Leste46.0
5Myanmar45.0
6Bangladesh44.3
7Tajikistan43.3
8Bhutan42.4
9India41.6
10Pakistan36.2
11Azerbaijan34.2
12Georgia34.0
13Cambodia33.4
14Yemen31.6
15Thailand28.6
16Indonesia27.3
17Mongolia27.0
18Armenia27.0
19Sri Lanka25.9
20Uzbekistan25.2
21Vietnam25.0
22Nepal22.9
23Turkmenistan21.9
24China21.7
25Philippines20.5
26Syria16.3
27Kyrgyzstan15.4
28Türkiye14.2
29Iran13.6
30Kazakhstan11.3
31Maldives11.3
32Malaysia9.2
33Iraq8.2
34Oman5.9
35South Korea5.1
36Jordan3.1
37Japan2.8
38Saudi Arabia2.5
39Cyprus2.2
40Kuwait1.9
41Qatar1.6
42United Arab Emirates1.4
43Brunei1.2
44Bahrain0.8
45Israel0.8
46Macao0.4
47Hong Kong0.2
48Singapore0.1
World Bank, WDI · SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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